Daehyung Lee opened to 24,000 under the gun and got called by Andreas Staschewski in the small blind.
The flop dropped 6♣J♦4♠ and both players checked. The turn Q♥ was check-raised by Staschewski to 80,000 after Lee bet 30,000, who called.
After a few seconds of thought, Staschewski placed in another 175,000 which made Lee fold. Lee was trying to get information as to what Staschewski was holding but Staschewski kept mum while he fixed his boosted stack.
As recalled by many players at the table, one of the biggest hands of the Main Event just went down on Table #590.
Daniel Iachan opened under the gun with a min-raise to 24,000 before Shotaro Kobayashi three-bet to 77,000 from middle position. When it folded back to Iachan, he upped the price of poker by four-betting to 200,000. Kobayashi wasn't going anywhere as he called to see at least a flop.
With just over 400,000 in the middle, the dealer produced a wet flop of 6♠5♥4♥. Iachan placed out a bet of around 200,000, which Kobayashi called.
Upon seeing the 4♠ come on the turn, Iachan slowed down by checking the action over to Kobayashi. Kobayashi, who had the covering stack, jammed to put Iachan all in. Iachan had around 750,000 remaining in his stack and didn't take too long to make the call.
Daniel Iachan: A♣A♥
Shotaro Kobayashi: 7♥6♥
Iachan had the goods with pocket rockets, while Kobayashi was at it preflop with a suited connector. However, Kobayashi had a straight flush draw, and a six he could hit to win the pot and eliminate Iachan. The river was the Q♣, and Iachan won a pot of over two million.
Things are starting to heat up in the Main Event as the players are approaching their dinner break with tensions on the rise and the stakes becoming even greater. It is getting especially warm over on Table 551 where Will Kassouf has been seated for most of the day.
"It's getting hot in here. Did you guys turn off the air conditioning?" Kassouf asked the tournament floor who agreed that it is getting warm in the room. "This table is really steaming in all senses of the word," he continued.
"If you turn on the a/c, would it turn off the bulls*** at this table?" Terence Clee questioned.
"No, for real, Chris, did you turn it off?" Kassouf kept probing the tournament supervisor.
"Ya, Chris personally turned it off," Esther Taylor chimed in.
In fact, it is getting quite warm in the Horseshoe Events Center and it's even starting to smell like Day 4 of the Main Event.
Brandon Harris in the big blind and Chih Fan on the button were heads up on the 10♠3♥Q♦ flop. With around 197,000 in the pot, Harris checked to Fan, who bet 45,000.
Harris called to the 5♦ turn, which checked through. Harris bet 80,000 on the 9♦ river. After several minutes in thought, Fan moved all in for 334,000.
"All that, and then move all in?" Harris asked out loud. "It's just never a bluff, is it?"
He then entered a tank of his own. "What do you have?" Harris asked Fan, but the dealer quickly stopped the conversation as discussing the holdings was not allowed.
"How was your day?" Fan asked instead, which received some laughter from the table.
"It was going pretty well until this hand," Harris admitted. "If you're bluffing here, you are a psycho," he then stated in reference to Fan's table talk.
After about five minutes, Harris said he would make a decision within ten second. After thirty more seconds, he finally announced a fold, claiming to lay down pocket queens.
Despite pleas from Harris, Fan did not show his cards, and the table continued onto the next hand.
Christopher Alcindor raised to 25,000 under the gun and picked up calls from James Pillon in middle position and Ran Ilani in the small blind. Montgomery Cole then moved all in for 160,000 in the big blind and only Alcindor called.
Montgomery Cole: A♥6♥
Christopher Alcindor: K♣Q♥
"I'll take that," Cole said after both players turned over their cards. He remained ahead as the board came J♠9♦7♣2♥, but Alcindor hit the Q♣ on the river to win the pot and send Cole to the rail.
"Nice hand, buddy. Every time. It was nice playing with all of you," a still-smiling Cole told his tablemates as he wrapped an arm around Alcindor's shoulders and gave him a pat on the back before making his exit.
Vinicius Camargo kicked things off in middle position with a raise to 25,000 and found callers in Miguel Coussement in middle position and Francis Rusnak in the big blind.
On the 6♣J♦7♥ flop, Camargo continued for 27,000, and Coussement made it 70,000. Rusnak check-folded, and Camargo made the call.
Camargo slowed down on the 4♥ turn and checked to Coussement, who made a bet of 75,000, which Camargo called.
Both players checked the 7♦ river, and Camargo tabled A♠J♥ for top pair, top kicker, claiming the pot as Coussement's card found the muck.
Meerwais Hussaini opened to 25,000 on the button and Mario Diaz Quilez shoved all in for 85,000 in the small blind. Hussaini quickly called and the cards were on their backs.
Mario Diaz Quilez: Q♥J♥
Meerwais Hussaini: A♣J♠
The flop came A♥K♣9♦ and Hussaini maintained a dominating lead over Diaz Quilez. The 3♥ on the turn made things sweaty but Diaz Quilez could not connect on the 2♣ river.
Christopher Park shoved for 147,000 from the cutoff and Alex Lynskey called with a covering stack from the big blind to put him at risk.
Christopher Park: A♦4♦
Alex Lynskey: A♠J♦
Park was in rough shape with a dominated ace on the 10♣8♦5♠ flop but picked up a gutshot and the nut-flush draw on the 2♦ turn. The K♣ river was a brick and Park exited the tournament area while Lynskey added more chips to his stack.
